444 cix. ACANTHAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [StruMlanthes. 



(not black) ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles short or ; spikes 1-lJ in. j 

 bracts § in., ventricose, inembranons. , Cah/x \ in., divided nearly to the base ; seg- 

 ments ligulate, subobtuse, membranous, lineolate. Corolla -glabrous without, hairy 

 within, pale blue ; contracted portion scarcely shorter than the ventricose j limb 

 equal, segments round. Filaments and sti/le hairy. Capsule scarcely J in., oblong, 

 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., ovoid, glabrous except on the very margin. 



Vae. ? campanulata ; leaves ovate subacute hairy, spikes subglobose solitary or 

 few together, bracts elliptic ventricose glabrous, bracteoles 0, corolla scarcely J in. 

 S. campanulata, Wight Ic. t. 1562. S. involucratus Var. fl, 'Sees in HC. Prodr. xL 

 184. S. lupulinus, T. Anders, in Jbum. Linn. Soc. ix. 469, partly. Ruellia lupn- 

 lina. Wall. Cat. 2355 b, partly, — Coorg ; Wight. — -Plant .5-10 in. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 drying green. Beads J— 1 in. Corolla snbcampannlate ; lobes very short. Capsule 

 less than ^ in., seeds glabrous. Possibly an alpine var. of S. Beyneamts, but the 

 corolla is a different shape, as well shown in Wight's figure. The example of Wall. 

 Cat. 2355 h in his own Herb, is nearer £f. Beyneanus, Nees, type ; that in Herb. 

 Hook, agrees closely with Wight's campanulatus. 



Vae. ?fusca ; leaves broadly elliptic acuminate at both ends very sparsely hairy, 

 heads globose nodding mostly solitary, bracts broadly elliptic ventricose glabrous, 

 bracteoles 0. S. lupulinus, Benth. in PI. Bohenach. n. 814 ; T. Anders, in Joum. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 469 partly, not of Ni-es. — Mercara in Canara, Bohenaeker. Branches 

 15 in., nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2J in., somewhat black in drying, densely lineo- 

 late on both surfaces, very minutely sparsely hairy. Beads 1— IJ by |-1 in. ; bracts 

 and calyx as of S. Beyneanus. Corolla not known. 



Vae. viridis ; stem stout rough, leaves 1-3 in. very scabrous, heads small bracts 

 (at flower-time) closely adpressed. S. asperrimus, Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187, not 

 of Sees. — Strobilanthes sp. n. 32, Beri. Ind. Or. B.f ^ T. — Mysore ; 6-. Thomson. 

 — The specimens do not match those of S. lupulinus, but Col. Beddome after seeing 

 them says it is that species. 



43. S. ixioceplialus, Benth. in Flora 1849, p. 557 ; leaves lanceolate 

 or elliptic acumiiiate sHglitly hairy, hieads ovoid closely cymed, bracts ellip- 

 tic acuminate to an obtuse apex viscous bairy. £edd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. , 

 t. 203. S. Neesianns, Wiffht Ic. t. 1523; Dalz. ^ Oihs. Bomb. Fl. 188. S 

 eriocepbalus, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 466. — Strobilanthes sp. n. 

 64, Sei-b. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. S. glntinosas, Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 162 ?. 



W. Decoan Peniksula and S. Madbas, alt. 1-aOOO ft., frequent; Wight, 

 Bohenaeker, &c. 



A small shrub. Leaves 5 by 2 in-, or oftener smaller narrower, base cuneate (some- 

 times very shortly), crenate, mature nearly glabrous, conspicuously lineolate above ; 

 nerves 7 pair ; petiole | in. Beads J-IJ in,, bracts and calyx enlarged in frnit, 

 usually very glutinous, sometimes softly hairy ; bract f by ^ in.; bracteoles ^ in., 

 linear-spathnlate. Calyx ^-J in., divided nearly to the ' base ; segments ligulate, 

 fruiting spathulate, obtuse, membranous. Corolla |— 1 in., glabrate without, hairy 

 within, subsymmetric, white; cylindrie portion nearly as long as the ventricose. 

 Filaments hairy towards the base. Pistil glabrous. Capsule i in., often 2-seeded. 

 Seeds ^ in., thin, ovate, densely elastically hairy on all sides ; areoles very small 



44. S. xnicranthus, Wight Ic. 1. 151 9 ; leaves ovate acuminate sparsely 

 thinly pubescent, heads solitary ovoid nodding, bracts broadly lanceolate 

 pubescent, bracteoies longer corolla shorter than the calyx. T. Anders, in 

 Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 468. 



NlIGHBBET MtS.; Wight. 



Suffruticose or herbaceous (Wight), erect ; stems glabrous. Leaves 6 by Z\ in., 

 base broad, shortly decurrent, closely serrate ; nerves 11 pair ; petiole IJ in. Beads 

 li-2| in.; bracts 1 in., widest close to the base, thinly herbaceous; bracteoles | in., 

 linear-lanceolate. Calyx i-| in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceo- 

 late, very acute, pubescent. Corolla i in., subcampanulate, dry appearing dull red ; 

 lobes very short, round. Filaments glabrous; anthers exserted. Pistil glabrous. 



